On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 01:50:07PM +1000, john slee wrote:
> On 16 June 2011 04:32, Otto Moerbeek <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Guideline 11:
> > The order of different options relative to one another should not
> > matter, unless the options are documented as mutually-exclusive and
> > such an option is documented to override any incompatible options
> > preceding it.
>
> IMHO later options should override earlier options. To not do so may
> yield somewhat unexpected results. In the below sample I prefer the
> OpenBSD behaviour.
>
> 4.9:
>
> $ echo hi > foo ; echo zing > bar
> $ alias cp='cp -i'
> $ cp foo bar
> overwrite bar? n
> $ cp -f foo bar
> $ cat bar
> hi
>
> OSX 10.6.7:
>
> $ alias cp='cp -i'
> $ echo hi > foo ; echo zing > bar
> $ cp foo bar
> overwrite bar? (y/n [n]) n
> not overwritten
> $ cp -f foo bar
> overwrite bar? (y/n [n]) n
> not overwritten
INded, we don't want to change behaviour. We're just making sure the
manual pages are more clear.
-Otto
